A new French Federation, after those of football and rugby, is targeted by revelations. Three days after those of Mediapart on the French Tennis Federation (FFT), RMC Sport published a investigation Friday which highlights a failing management within the Federation chaired by Gilles Moretton. “The numerous testimonies collected by RMC Sport describe an atmosphere of...
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French tennis in support of Nicolas Mahut after Bernard Giudicelli’s ad hominem attack
Mahut-Giudicelli, episode 3. Following the remarks of the vice-president of the ITF and former boss of the FFT, Bernard Giudicelli in response to Nicolas Mahut’s criticisms of him (“Mahut is good for retirement”), several French tennis personalities have defended the 41-year-old player. “A great gentleman of French tennis with a great career and an irreproachable...
Saudi Arabia in favor of Russia joining the Asian Confederation
Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the Russian Football Federation has multiplied the signals of a possible departure from UEFA to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), after considering leaving the European body without carrying out his threats. “If FIFA and AFC allow it and it’s beneficial for Asia, I don’t think there’s a...
Bruno Genesio (Rennes) after the victory against Strasbourg: “We are still perfectible”
Bruno Genesio, Rennes coach, after the 3-0 win against Strasbourg : “I would have preferred that we had a better second half, especially in two or three somewhat avoidable situations. We lost a few balloons which I didn’t like a bit anyway. Today we won the match 3-0 so it’s okay. Saturday (against Lille), it...
Premier League clubs are ‘financially doped’, says Javier Tebas
According to Javier Tebas, Spain’s LaLiga president, Premier League teams, which spent a record $1 billion during the winter transfer window in January, are suffering multi-million dollar losses. UEFA should therefore, in his view, intervene to enforce financial fair play. “We read, ‘the strength of the Premier League’, but this is a competition based on...
After OM-Monaco, Malinovski in turmoil for having greeted Golovin
Since last Saturday and the meeting OM-Monaco (1-1) disputed at the Vélodrome, the new Olympian striker Ruslan Malinovski is in turmoil. The 29-year-old Ukrainian was seen at the end of the game giving a rather warm greeting to Alexander Golovin, the Russian who plays in Monaco. The two players, Ukrainian and Russian, greeted each other...
Lazio Roma held in check against Fiorentina
Lazio stuck. A week after the correction (4-0) imposed on AC Milanthe Roman formation failed to follow up on Sunday against Fiorentina, as part of the 20th day of the Italian Championship. A surprising and opportunistic goal from Nicolo Casale from a corner allowed the locals to take the lead in the 8th minute of...
Juventus surprised by Monza at home
The result is however not so surprising given the match. It was the locals who proved to be the first dangerous. They even thought they opened the scoring in the 9th minute through Gianluca Caprari but his goal was disallowed for offside. A few moments later, another defensive error from Juve allowed Patrick Ciurria to...
Nicolas Holveck, former president of Stade Rennais with cancer, gives good news about his health
Withdrawn since May 2022, when he chooses to withdraw from his position as president of Stade Rennais to devote himself to his cancer treatment, Nicolas Holveck gave good news of his health this Saturday on the Canal+ Foot channel. “I integrated an experimental immunotherapy protocol that I have been following since the beginning of December....
Lens saves a point at Troyes in Ligue 1
Lens has come a long way. Even if they will not be satisfied with this result, which makes them miss the opportunity to come back up to PSG, they managed to obtain the point of the draw (1-1) in the last minutes of the match against Troyes. The locals had so far managed the perfect...